WWII mystery solved as researchers make discovery in the Pacific

A team of researchers have located the final resting place of the bow of a US Navy ship that was nearly destroyed during World War II.
The bow of the USS New Orleans was blown off by a Japanese torpedo in a 1942 battle that resulted in an Axis victory.
Nearly 83 years later, scientists and explorers with the Ocean Exploration Trust found the forward section of the ship around 2,200 feet underwater in the Iron Bottom Sound, a body of water in the Solomon Islands.

What a great find! I saw the photos of the ship being repaired at Puget Sound when we were in the yards.

Good morning CSM Chuck Stafford. Excellent post. Thank you for sharing this. :->